Articles tagged: JFK
Texas Book Festival Itinerary—JFK/Presidential Edition
Interested in politics? This year’s festival is chock full of offerings for you. SATURDAY, OCT. 26 Begin the day with Jonathan Alter and Dan Balz at 10:00 a.m...Read More
From the Archives: The Last Voyage of Mr. Kennedy
Observer founding editor Ronnie Dugger chronicles President Kennedy's historic tour and tragic end in Texas. ...Read More
Skeptics Gone Wild: Navigating America’s Conspiracy Theory Culture
There’s no longer anything especially irrational about believing that shadowy actors are subverting American democracy.
There’s no longer anything especially irrational about believing that shadowy actors are subverting American democracy. ...Read More
The Night Martin Luther King Jr. Came to Dallas
An excerpt from Dallas 1963.
In their new book, Dallas 1963, Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis examine the city’s culture in the early 1960s and the events that led up to JFK’s...Read More
A New JFK Canon Carries the Torch
The 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination spurs a slew of books on the man, his presidency and his untimely demise in Dallas....Read More
UT-Arlington Remembers Kennedy Visit in Photos
November 22, 1963 became one of the darkest days in American history—and in Texas—when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during his visit to Dallas...Read More
Lady Bird in her Own Words
Michael L. Gillette’s Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History chronicles Mrs. Johnson’s journey from deep East Texas to the White house and beyond....Read More